Journals

The 37.1 issue of Social Philosophy & Policy focuses on the origins of political economy.

In recent years, a reunification of economics and politics has emerged as a key trend in social scientific research. The “public choice” school and the “new institutional economics” movement have made seminal contributions to the rediscovery of political economy in social philosophy...

The Origins of Political EconomyPublished Saturday, August 1, 2020 - 12:00am by

The 36.2 issue of Social Philosophy & Policy focuses on the problem of self-ownership.

We asked participants to reflect on self-ownership: its practical and philosophical roles, its history, rights and/or duties it entails, and its economical and ethical relationship with responsibility. Authors considered a variety of questions, such as: How does the idea of self-ownership...

The Problem of Self-OwnershipPublished Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - 12:00am by

The 2017 Social Philosophy & Policy Tucson conference will help to define future philosophical study of moral responsibility. Authors have been invited to develop novel approaches to questions in the field, while at the same time addressing the state of research in moral responsibility today.

Current approaches to questions of moral responsibility take several distinct...

In volume 35:2, authors explore a range of questions about the nature and effects of corruption in both its individual and institutional forms. Is there a conceptual link between personal corruption and institutional corruption? Can political corruption arise and persist without corrupt political actors? What are the micro-foundations of macro-corruption? How does corruption affect social and...

The December 2016 Social Philosophy and Policy conference invited authors to explore broad questions concerning the origin, development, and function of norms, such as: How do social norms provide a framework for social and economic cooperation? Are social norms part of a spontaneous order? What do recent attempts to engineer norm change tell us? Can public policy succeed if it conflicts with...

The topic, “Progress and Liberty,” has invited a wide variety of contributions, due in part to the many types of progress that concern our interdisciplinary journal. The questions we aim to address concern three main topics:

First, we are concerned with economic progress: In what does progress consist? When has there been progress in human history? What drove progress...

In volume 34:1, authors consider a range of questions concerning the intersection of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). How do policies influence social equality or inequality? Historically, how was inequality justified? How can a society move toward equality and inclusion? How does individual agency work within economics and politics in the real world? How do social norms influence an...

This December 2014 Social Philosophy and Policy conference invited participants to explore broad questions on the morality of aggression including, but not limited to competition, cooperation, and aggression; the libertarian non-aggression principle; just war and humanitarian intervention; the moral limits of legal coercion; paternalism and...